---
name: "pcre_jit_stack_free"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "pcre"
version: "8.45-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pcre_jit_stack_free"
---

# pcre\_jit\_stack\_free(3)

Perl-compatible regular expressions

## NAME

PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<pcre.h\>**

**void pcre\_jit\_stack\_free(pcre\_jit\_stack \**stack*);**

**void pcre16\_jit\_stack\_free(pcre16\_jit\_stack \**stack*);**

**void pcre32\_jit\_stack\_free(pcre32\_jit\_stack \**stack*);**

## DESCRIPTION

This function is used to free a JIT stack that was created by **pcre\[16\|32\]\_jit\_stack\_alloc()** when it is no longer needed. For more details, see the **pcrejit** page.

There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the **pcreapi** page and a description of the POSIX API in the **pcreposix** page.